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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

It is evident . . .

. . . from the tone of our latest advices that a great battle is soon to be fought at or near Corinth, Miss., which will decide the destiny of rebellion in the West.  Both sides are making tremendous preparations of this conflict, which is not far off.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 1
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2 comments:

  1. Jim MillerDecember 6, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    The date of this article is fortuitous, the next day, April 6, 1862 was the 1st day of the Battle of Shiloh.

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  2. Dr. Stephen MiklosikDecember 6, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    I wonder what might have happened had the American Civil War never taken place and instead of War it was handled in a different more civil way.

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